Good two page article, including a list of 20 best colleges for merit aid (biggest merit scholarships to the greatest percentage of their students; out of the 665 schools in best colleges ranking), with several helpful percentages - pct of tuition and pct who get merit aid and average merit amount with the school name.
It also had a long paragraph titled Looking Beyond Home - stating Public universities generally don’t hand out a lot of merit awards; only 9% of students at the state schools we ranked received scholarships, averaging $4,500. A few exceptions include public schools in Alabama, North Dakota, and South Carolina, and many non-flagships in other states…
Also quoted Frank Palmasani author of Right College, Right Price.